[Hylander_1314]

No they weren't suing for peace. They planned to mobilize every effort to stop the Americans on the Home Island of Honshu with the motto of "our flesh agaist their steel". Estimates were 20 to 25 million Japanese, and 1 million Americans, maybe more for casualties. They planned on using women and children as human bombs, to kill and maim as many GIs as possible.

What pushed the "economic" issue to the forefront was the embargo of goods and materials to Japan since the Warlord run government refused to stop it hostile actions on the Chinese Mainland.

The attitude of the Japanese being some kind of victim here is revisionist garbage, as it's an attempt to make America out to be the bad guy again.

There was little loveloss between the American and Japanese forces. I think the same went for the Aussies and the Kiwis, as all the Allied forces sufferred unser Japanese rule when they surrenderred to the victorious Imperial Army.

The idea of dropping the bomb on open unpopulated areas was discussed, but the idea was dismissed as it was speculated that the Japanese would not be affected by it that way. As they weren't affected by just one bomb destroying a city. No would was received from the Japanese as they thought the Americans didn't have anymore bombs like that. After the second one was dropped is when they responded. What didn't know was that those two A Bombs were the only ones ready at the time, and it would be close to a year before another one would be ready to use.So in a sense, thre Americans with two A Bombs were bluffing. The bluff worked.

Of note though, more Japanes people died in the firebombings and more property was destroyed again by the firebombings with incendiary bombs than both A Bombs combined.